6.17.2005 | Snarky on emergent

One of the things I truly despise is when people provide a fog of words to conceal that they've no idea what they're talking about. I've done it a time or two when I didn't know what in blazes I was writing or talking on. I think I can recognize it when I see it.

Emergent-us has a whopper; a veritable fog-generator in the guise of an over-long post entitled, simply enough, "Our Response to Critics of Emergent." The post is here; and this may be totally unfair on my part, since I've not read the entire thing. Truth is, I could'nt...fell asleep along about the third paragraph, and in my daydreaming state, I recalled the ancient bullsh*****'s wisdom: If you don't know what you're talking about, use more words. Let's just say that there's a lot of "I'm ok - you're ok" stuff, very much a part of the relativistic creed of the postmodern "church."

Just saying. The contrast with any Bible-based denomination could not be stronger. You can say in very few words what you believe; you don't need volumes or to turn up the volume to be heard.

Think Sola Scriptura, Solus Christus, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, and, last but certainly not least, Soli Deo Gloria. That's a grand total of 11 words. And we're done. The emergent folks are just getting warmed up with many times that number.

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